Tag Archives: Health
P.A. Catholic School Division doing everything possible ahead of new term
A local administrator is confident everything is being done to prepare for the start of the new school year amid the COVID-19 pandemic and thinks it's important preparations are being handled at the l...
Aug 05, 2020
Provincial COVID total at 1,376 with eight new cases
There are eight new cases of COVID-19 to report in the province on Aug. 5, bringing the total to 1,376 cases.Of the new cases, there are three in the North East, two in the Saskatoon region, two in th...
Aug 05, 2020
Province’s back-to-school plan ‘squandered opportunity’ for relief to educators, staff, parents: STF
Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation president Patrick Maze didn't hold back his - or the federation's - feelings on the province's new back-to-school plans Tuesday.Speaking in a Zoom conference just ove...
Aug 05, 2020
‘Worst plan in Canada’: Sask. NDP reacts to Saskatchewan back-to-school plan
The Saskatchewan NDP is giving the province's back-to-school plan an F."(It's) a plan that took two months for the (Minister of Education Gord Wyant) to come up with, a plan that was the last detailed...
Aug 05, 2020
Canadian company urges human trials after COVID-19 vaccine results in mice
OTTAWA - A Canadian company is telling the government today that its trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine on animals completely blocked the virus, but it must conduct human trials to know wheth...
Aug 05, 2020
Urban farm helps strengthen food security in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - If you travel along Clapperton Road in Kamloops, there's one property that stands out. Located just behind the Butler Auto and RV lots, it's owned by the same family; instead of trailers, i...
Aug 04, 2020
Nine new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, province launches new map to show spread
The province is releasing new COVID-19 maps to provide more detailed information on the number of cases across the province.Saskatchewan will now have an additional map available, showing the virus ca...
Aug 04, 2020
17 new cases of COVID-19 reported, bringing provincial total to 1,359
There are 17 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, four of which are in the North region. Nineteen more people have recovered across the province.The rest of the 17 new cases are located in Central (...
Aug 03, 2020
Possible COVID-19 transmission at Turtleford and District Co-op store
The Turtleford and District Co-op has been informed a community member who tested positive for COVID-19 visited their store.According to multiple Facebook posts from the store, they discovered the inf...
Aug 03, 2020
COVID-19 conspiracies creating a 'public health crisis' in Canada, experts say
MONTREAL - A lively crowd gathered outside Francois Legault's office in downtown Montreal in mid-July to send a message to the Quebec premier: his government cannot force them to wear masks ...
Aug 03, 2020
